Welcome to the website.

Here's a little Photo Gallery from last summer's outdoor season... in Central Park and down on Pier 45 in the Village.

Click to visit last year's gallery

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Hope you had a great weekend. Here we are in a new week.

Me?

I had a fine weekend because I actually got a lot of work done on the new theatrical project. It's really cool when you love your work and your lucky enough to be doing exactly what you feel you're meant to be doing. I like to tell people that, for me, every day of my Life is a work day and every day is a vacation day.

I did a little "Today in History" kinda thing in Sunday's update, but was really amazed at what a big "nuthin'" day it was! I don't know what I was expecting. But today is a new day, unparallelled by any other moment in eternity. Good news for a "possibility Junkie" like me. If you're new around here, you can always hit THE ARCHIVE and catch up with what's been going on around here. The updates have been a little slow around here the past week or so. That's kinda likely to continue, because this new project is taking priority over this website. But you gotta keep checking back every day to keep up with the "next thing".

AND... we're getting really close to opening our 20th season in Central Park. We're 4 weeks away from the start of another outdoor season. It looks like May 21 is gonna be opening day!

COINCIDENTALLY!!!!!

MAY 21

There is a whole community of people living in America who are convinced that, according to the literal interpretation of the Bible, May 21 is the day of judgment, signalling the end of the world.

This week, I'm gonna bring you some of their stuff here at the website.

One of the foremost proponents of this most recent brand of "Judgment Day" lunacy is a biblical-wingnut named Harold Camping.

I love this guy. I watch him on TV almost every day. I'm serious. It's kind of the same reason I watch Glenn Beck's show for as long as I can stomach it. Just like Beck, this man is a fascination for me... kind of a study in what can go horribly wrong with people. This is a little different, though. I started watching Camping's show called "Open Forum" on Time Warner Cable's channel 96 about a year ago. Since then, I watch him and his followers with increasing utter fascination. Seriously. I can't help myself. It's like a bizarre study in the nuttiest side of both human nature and religion. And as is the case with all religious biblical scholars, these people are completely and sincerely convinced that the Bible is the literal word of a god -- and by "literal" I mean... "literal" when it suits their interpretation.

But these particular people are great!

Now listen, I'm planning on being in Central Park with my friends and fellow New Yorkers, my guitar on my shoulder on May 21... singing and laughing with beautiful people from all across the country and around the world who are visiting this wonderful city.

BUT according to these folks, it's gonna be a wild day of earthquakes, people popping out of their graves, people who are "saved" who will be flying up to heaven... and Jesus will be coming back to give them a lift. We live in New York City which is home to many evolved, rational, kind of sane people. But these people have been buying billboard space and advertising all across this country.

I'm tellin' you... it's fascinating.

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I feel a song coming on.

More later.

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Well, I already have a song called "THE RELIGION SONG" and I can promise it will be included in the score of the new Broadway show I'm working on.

So, many cool people. So much enthusiasm about this idea. (Hell, after hangin' with all of you in Central Park for 20 years, I guess an idea like this was bound to come along.)

HERE WATCH THE VIDEO!!!!

Here's an Academy Award-winner, an Emmy Award-winner, a man who's won several Tony Awards... and his lovely wife to explain!

Click to watch the video

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SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?

You are everything. Just like on "The Hill" in Central Park, none of this happens if you don't show up. The 3 most important things we need from you...

1. A generous donation of real money. (Yeah, like everything else... it's gonna take money to actually make it happen.)

3. We need you to take it upon yourself to be a little Paul Revere-ish... take it upon yourself to spread the word about this project every day to friends and family. Make it your own. We need you to come up with Creative ideas to get the word out about this effort.

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FIND THE EASIEST WAY TO HELP

Your donations are tax-deductible!!! Whatever you decide to give! (So cool.)

Just go to the IndieGoGo website and make a donation with your credit card or debit card...

Click here to visit the site and make a direct donation. INDIE GOGO

THE PLACE TO JOIN THE TEAM!

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Or if you like doin' it "old school" -- just make out a check to:

Fractured Atlas
(And write "David Ippolito" on the memo line.)

Then mail it to:

TABAK
360 East 72nd Street
Suite A 1108
New York, NY 10021

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WHAT YOU GET

Cool stuff -- really cool stuff -- amazingly cool stuff -- ridiculous stuff -- really ridiculous stuff -- f*cking ridiculous stuff...

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You'll see!

I'LL BE SETTING UP THE PAGE WITH A LIST OF ALL THE COOL PEOPLE WHO HELP US OUT. (If you'd like to remain anonymous... just let us know that, too.)

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VIDEO TIME

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WATCH THESE VIDEOS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY -- and then shoot me an email to tell me if you think they might become a part of the story.

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Click to watch the very first LIVE performance of this song.

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I'm really enjoying all of your comments about the newest songs, so keep 'em comin'! This was the LIVE debut of this next song in December here in NYC.

CAN'T YOU SEE?

Click to watch the video:

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HIT THIS LINK TO EMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS

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THE (entire) DECEMBER CONCERT

For you guys again today... the entire concert... "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert" is here for you to watch. Go make a pot of coffee. Pour yourself some tea or a nice glass of wine and sit back and watch this thing. Plug in some headphones or some earbuds if you feel like it. You can actually jump around and watch different parts o the show.

We had such a great time again this year in that theater!

(The audio got a little funky during Teresa Reynolds' Christmas song... but I'm do everything I can to fix that sooner than later. Check back.)

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Here are a couple of different fun galleries to check out.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?)

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮